In Ternopil, a man was found who, after a Russian strike, put a ladder to a house on fire and began to save people
22 November 2025 22:11
It was thanks to the actions of Volodymyr Kolodiy from Ternopil that the elderly and other residents were evacuated. Despite the fact that the rescuers were shouting from afar about the possibility of a second “arrival,” Volodymyr poured water on himself and climbed upstairs. His relatives were in the burning apartment on the third floor – his wife’s parents, her sister and niece, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports, citing local media.
According to Volodymyr, he received a call from his mother-in-law, who was in the apartment already on fire, begging for his rescue. There was no way to get to his relatives’ apartment, so he put a ladder to his neighbors’ balcony.
Later, the rescuers managed to pull out Volodymyr’s niece and the mother of his wife. 14-year-old Anastasia has already been operated on and transported to a hospital in Lviv. The mother-in-law is in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Ternopil. His wife’s father and sister died – their bodies have not yet been found.
Volodymyr knows that they want to award him, but in a comment to journalists he said that he is not up to it. The only thing he asked for was to help retrieve the bodies of his dead relatives.
A brutal attack on high-rise buildings in Ternopil
During a massive attack on the night of November 18-19, the Russian Federation attacked Ternopil with drones and cruise missiles.
Houses on Stus and 15 Kvitnya streets were hit: one nine-story building was destroyed, and a fire started in another. It is possible that the 33 dead are not the final number of victims, as several people are still missing.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the houses were hit by X-101 cruise missiles launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers and four Tu-160MS in the Vologda and Astrakhan regions. A direct hit by one of the missiles was caught on video. Judging by the video, the missile was definitely not intercepted by the air defense system.
